re: UPDATED LSU Football Coaching Candidates List

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Here are the coaches that have won titles since 2000: Nick Saban (7): 2003, 2009**, 2011*, 2012***, 2015, 2017*, 2020**** Urban Meyer (3): 2006, 2008, 2014 Dabo Swinney (2): 2016, 2018 Ed Orgeron (1): 2019 Les Miles (1): 2007 Mack Brown (1): 2005 Bob Stoops (1): 2000 Pete Carroll (1): 2004 Gene Chizik (1): 2010 Jim Tressel (1): 2002 Larry Coker (1): 2001 Jimbo Fisher (1): 2013 * Did not win division ** Colt McCoy left game in 1st quarter of BCS title game *** Diminished title due to undefeated Ohio State's postseason ban **** Diminished title due to COVID Here are coaches that have taken their teams to the CFB playoffs but have never won a title: Mark Helfrich (2014*) Mark Dantonio (2015) Chris Petersen (2016) Lincoln Riley (2017, 2018, 2019) Kirby Smart (2017*) Brian Kelly (2018, 2020) Ryan Day (2019, 2020*) * Lost in Playoff National Championship game NFL head coaches with prior college head coaching experience: Matt Rhule Urban Meyer Pete Carroll Kliff Kingsbury This is your starting point...you immediately cross off Coker, Tresell, Brown, Helfrich, Dantonio, Chizik, Miles and Orgeron. Others to cross off include Smart, Carroll, Kingbury, Day. Regarding Urban, you do some forensic video analysis to make sure what his hands were doing in that video of the lady grinding on him...and keep him or toss him accordingly. Everyone else left should be vetted and have their interest gauged. Then you throw in the up-and-comers list: Fickell Aranda Napier Tucker Campbell Franklin Fleck I would be shocked if the next coach is not listed above. You have some white whales and some assorted white fish. The next guy needs to be hungry for a title, like recruiting and be good at it, be very organized, and understand the importance of hiring good assistants, especially coordinators...and last but not least, be squeaky clean. Someone please send this to Woodward for me... UPDATED LIST...reading between the lines... Big Fish (aka White Whales) and possible reason for them jumping: Jimbo Fisher - terrified of the idea of living rest of his life in College Station...wants realistic chance at winning another title. Urban Meyer - quickly realized that NFL life is not what it's cracked up to be...wants to be first to win title at three different schools. Lincoln Riley - perhaps he is tired of OU booster meddling...and feels that LSU offers better chance to win a title. Matt Rhule - wants to follow Nick Saban career path and leave NFL after two seasons to return to his first love: college football Nick Saban - regrets leaving LSU and wants to finish what he started Dabo Swinney - wants in on the SEC action and win a title at a second school Brian Kelly - also wants in on the SEC action and realizes that he has reached his ceiling at Notre Dame Up-and-Comers: Dave Aranda - limited head coaching resume, but very familiar with LSU Billy Napier - proven winner at small school in Louisiana but is Sun Belt to SEC too big of a jump? Mel Tucker - great recruiter but also has limited head coaching resume Matt Campbell - success at Iowa State should be commended...but is he willing to leave the Midwest for SEC Country? Wildcards: Chris Petersen - ready to work for Woody again? Bob Stoops - itching to get back to the grind?

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